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Art lover. Wife of @knightandicon

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I just posted some pictures on IG (same username) about my trip to Paris if you want to take a look. Last time I visited was before the Notre-Dame fire. Among other things, it was really moving to go to Mass at Notre-Dame and see it restored to full glory.

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It’s my husband’s birthday today. You occasionally hear from him when he makes these videos about antiques on his account. 😄👇 Do wish Dr Knight a happy birthday if you like. He is seeing the Louvre for the first time today!

[Knight & Icon @knightandicon]

An example of a 19th century silhouette painting, a cheaper alternative to a full portrait miniature that was quite popular at the time.

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Good morning from Paris!

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@JennaACY Sending prayers and love your way. ♥️

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One artist whose work I love and discovered recently is Hiroshi Furuyoshi. I found him through the Beautiful Bizarre magazine, which I highly recommend.

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@nausikaa63 Malheureusement, je serai à Paris en juin. J'adorerais voir l'exposition sur Toutânkhamon!

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I will soon be going on a trip to Paris. I’ve visited repeatedly before, but what is a less known thing to do or see there that you recommend? I always tell people to visit Magasin Sennelier, which created oil pastels for Picasso, and to visit Père Lachaise Cemetery.

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@getty_a96716 @SketchesbyBoze @nguyenhdi Wanting to insert modern slang language into the classics is in itself a weird pathology of our times. The classics do not need to be relatable and easy to read.

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@emtd44 Yes, one of my very favourites!

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@EleonoraFall I am Italian and have never been to America and have no idea. Personally, last time I went to see Oscar Wilde’s tomb.

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@stalefish560 I love it. My husband has never seen it, and I am taking him there this time.

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@SketchesbyBoze @nguyenhdi People think you are complaining about the content of Ovid (you are not. It’s OVID, of course the content is sexual), while actually your issue is with the use of millennial slang in translations of the classics (the reason why I now only read French and Italian translations).

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@UnRecondYankee He does not really know how to cook anymore, as I have been doing the cooking myself for years now. He does other things.

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As an Italian, I may not allow my English husband/English people in my kitchen nor let them pick the art on the walls, but I’m still much kinder to them than the French are. When they want to roast them, they truly show no mercy.

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Il faudra un jour prévenir nos voisins que la Luftwaffe ne les bombarde plus, ils peuvent arrêter avec les tickets de rationnement

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@Cristotokos I love this! It’s watercolour I assume? I love the colours of the plants.

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I love urban sketching. I love the wayI can use it to capture what I see in a more personal way, focusing on the details that stood out to me. Keeping an urban sketching notebook has brought me so much joy.

How many of you like sketching outside?

[晴夏 haruka /画家 @_harenatsu]

６年ちょっと前にX（当時のTwitter）の企画で 動物を22000匹描く事になった者です。

昨日、目標の4分の1となる5500匹に到達しました！

これからも楽しく描いていきます。
引き続きどうぞ宜しくお願い致します。

[🕊️ServingArt🎨 @ServingArt]

Pomona, Roman goddess of fruits and gardens.

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@decadentquill Hands-down one of the most annoying characters I’ve seen on TV in my lifetime.

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If you are learning to draw, you should check out Peter Han’s Dynamic Bible (he’s got some good lectures on YouTube, too). It’s an excellently written, clear, structured resource for beginners. It looks so beautiful, too!

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My wish for you is that you will find a book series that grips you as much as your childhood favourites, that makes you want to stay up all night reading it as though you were a kid again, falling in love with the magic of stories for the first time.